FirstNationalBastard:If hot teachers can be fired for having bikini pics found by students, dumb Principals should also be fired for having mugshots.

I don't support firing teachers for having a private life, but what's good for the goose is good for the gander. You are absolutely correct - administrators should be held to an even higher standard than teachers.

Besides, this administrator is clearly a bully and an imbecile who doesn't understand student rights.

insano:As stupid as the administrator seems to be, the kid did claim she had been arrested for DUI when she was not. Obviously, he can not be arrested for it, but do libel laws apply to internet posting?

Popcorn Johnny:He's guilty of libel so the little shiat is lucky he's getting off with a suspension.

It depends on how it was phrased: Here's a mugshot of the principal after getting arrested for a DUI vs. Here's a mugshot of the principal, I think she'd been arrested for DUI. One is likely libel, one is just stating an opinion.

HideAndGoFarkYourself:gibbon1: doglover: It SHOULD be illegal to post mugshots of people who were not convicted.

In general the police shouldn't release mugshots at all unless there is an overriding reason. When it's done to shame' people that's an issue because it's not the cops job to met out punishment, that's the judges job.

Then change the law. Booking photos, just like everything else the public safety field does, is subject to public scrutiny. You can walk into your local police department and ask to see their policy manual, and by law, they're required to show you. If not, you can fill out a FOIA request and they'll be compelled to show you.

It's no different with booking photos. They're public record. Very rarely do the police release them with press releases. 90% of the time they're released due to a FOIA request by a news agency.

You can't fault them for complying with the law.

Though some Farkers will.

FOIA = Only applies to Federal government.

Public records laws are passed at the state level, and vary from state to state.

Tom_Slick:/A friend didn't pay a traffic ticket and went to Europe for 6 months he was arrested at the airport and taken to Fulton County Jail booked then transferred to the Fayette County Jail then allowed to bond out. It took two days all this over a $88.00 speeding ticket in Tyrone GA.

And Fark still doesn't have a Georgia tag. Go figure.

But back to the story - I thought Mr. Weatherbee was the principal of Riverdale High. This is just the kind of stunt that that jackass Reggie would pull.

Whoever wrote that needs to be punched in the throat. Stop trying to be clever and get to the freaking point. Just because the internet is infinite doesn't mean you have to try to use it all to tell a story that should take three paragraphs.

I really love how this backfired on her. Thousands upon thousands of people know about her arrest now and have seen her mugshot. I'm surprised she didn't think her cunning plan through before suspending him. She's clearly not the sharpest knife in the drawer... what a shame she's an educator.

doglover: It SHOULD be illegal to post mugshots of people who were not convicted.

In general the police shouldn't release mugshots at all unless there is an overriding reason. When it's done to shame' people that's an issue because it's not the cops job to met out punishment, that's the judges job.

ArcadianRefugee:FirstNationalBastard: If hot teachers can be fired for having bikini pics found by students, dumb Principals should also be fired for having mugshots.

One is usually voluntary, the other is usually not. Also, unless the arrest itself is somehow against school policy (for instance, if she'd had a felony conviction that she did not report before hiring and they specifically asked about such), then no; her criminal record would already have been known by the school system.

having someone snap a bikini pic while on summer vacation and having someone publish it against your will isn't really "voluntary"

Hoopy Frood:timujin: insano: As stupid as the administrator seems to be, the kid did claim she had been arrested for DUI when she was not. Obviously, he can not be arrested for it, but do libel laws apply to internet posting?

Popcorn Johnny: He's guilty of libel so the little shiat is lucky he's getting off with a suspension.

It depends on how it was phrased: Here's a mugshot of the principal after getting arrested for a DUI vs. Here's a mugshot of the principal, I think she'd been arrested for DUI. One is likely libel, one is just stating an opinion.

timujin:insano: As stupid as the administrator seems to be, the kid did claim she had been arrested for DUI when she was not. Obviously, he can not be arrested for it, but do libel laws apply to internet posting?

Popcorn Johnny: He's guilty of libel so the little shiat is lucky he's getting off with a suspension.

It depends on how it was phrased: Here's a mugshot of the principal after getting arrested for a DUI vs. Here's a mugshot of the principal, I think she'd been arrested for DUI. One is likely libel, one is just stating an opinion.

It SHOULD be illegal to post mugshots of people who were not convicted.

The police are VERY fallible. They are not only not good at catching people, but they're very good at inflating charges. So when they drag you in for a mugshot, chances are you're probably not guilty of what you're there for, and so it should be illegal to have such a photo or display it publicly.